Karaganda Mine Complex

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Karaganda Mine Complex is a group of underground coal mines operated by JSC AcrelorMittal Temirtau, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittala in Karaganda region, Kazakhstan.

The operating mines include the Abayskaya coal mine, Kazakhstanskaya coal mine, Kostenko coal mine, Kuzembaev coal mine, Lenin coal mine, Saranskaya coal mine, Shakhtinskaya coal mine, and Tentekskaya coal mine.

Location

The below map shows the exact locations of these eight mines, in Karaganda Province, Kazakhstan.

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Background

The Karaganda Mine Complex mines supply coking coal for steelmaking at the ArcelorMittal Temirtau steel plant.

Joint production of the coal mines was 10.2 Mt in 2020, 8.3 Mt in 2021 and 7 Mt in 2022. In the second quarter of 2023, ArcelorMittal Temirtau's mines produced 1.66 million tonnes.

Mine Details

• Owner: JSC AcrelorMittal Temirtau
• Parent: ArcelorMittal SA [100%]
• Location: Karaganda province, Kazakhstan
• GPS Coordinates: various
• Status: Operating
• Production: 10.2 Mt (2020), 8.3 Mt (2021), 7 Mt (2022)
• Total Resource: 3046 million tonnes (2021)
• Total Reserves: 210 million tonnes (2021)
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Metallurgical)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Underground, Longwall
• Start Year: older mine Kostenko coal mine (1942)
• Source of Financing:
• Number of Employees: 6455

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• Kuzembaev coal mine
• V. I. Lenin (Kazakhstan) coal mine
• Saranskaya coal mine
• Shakhtinskaya coal mine
• Tentekskaya coal mine